Lotus Test Kitchen

2 Avenue De Lafayette, Boston, MA 02111

Passed re-check · Oct 6, 2026 Directions
69
Poor BiteKarma score 69 out of 100
How the BiteKarma score works

Each routine inspection starts at 100 and loses 7 points for every critical violation and 2 for every other one, half again as much when the same problem was cited at one of the two inspections before. A failed inspection counts as 69 at most. The score averages the five newest routine inspections, with the most recent counting most, and stays below 70 for 90 days after a fail unless the restaurant passes again. 90 and up is excellent, 80s good, 70s fair, and below 70 poor.

At a glance

  • Last inspected Oct 6, 2026: passed with no violations. That was a follow-up after failing on Sep 29, 2026.
  • Passed 9 of 18 graded inspections since 2023.
  • Keeps coming up: Ready-to-eat time/temperature control for safety food date marking, cited 4 times, plus 4 other repeat issues.
  • 11 critical violations in the last two years.

Inspection history 18 visits

  1. 2026
  2. Passed Oct 6

    Reinspection

    No violations

  3. Failed Sep 29

    Inspection

    4 violations, 2 critical
    • Critical Ready-to-eat time/temperature control for safety food date marking
    • Critical Time/temperature control for safety food hot and cold holding
    • Minor In-use utensils between-use storage
    • Minor Ventilation hood systems adequacy
  4. Passed May 4

    Reinspection

    No violations

  5. Failed Apr 27

    Inspection

    2 violations, 2 critical
    • Critical Clean-up of vomiting and diarrheal events
    • Critical Common name-working containers

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